Fourteen centuries ago, Allah (SWT) sent down the Quran to mankind as a book of guidance. He called upon people
to be guided to the truth by adhering to this book. From the day of its
revelation to the day of judgement, this last divine book , the Holy Quran, will remain the sole
guide, faith and a methodology of life for humanity.

Allah
(SWT) says in Quran :

“Surely this
Quran guides to the way that is straightest and gives good tidings to the
believers who do deeds of righteousness, that theirs shall be a great wage.”
(18:9)

The matchless
style of the Quran and its superior wisdom are definite evidence that it is the word
of God. In addition, the Quran has many miraculous attributes proving that it
is a revelation from God. One of these attributes is the fact that a number of
scientific truths that we have only been able to uncover by the technology of
the 20th century were stated in the Quran 1,400 years ago.

Of course the
Quran is
not a book of science. However, many scientific facts that are expressed in an
extremely concise and profound manner in its verses have only been discovered
with the technology of the 20th century. These facts could not have been known
at the time of the Quran's revelation, and this is still more proof that the
Quran is the word of God.

In order to understand the
scientific miracle of the Quran, we must first take a look at the level of
science at the time when this holy book was revealed.

In the 7th century, when
the Quran was revealed, Arab society had many superstitious and groundless
beliefs where scientific issues were concerned. Lacking the technology to
examine the universe and nature, these early Arabs believed in legends inherited
from past generations. They supposed, for example, that mountains supported the
sky above. They believed that the earth was flat and that there were high
mountains at its both ends. It was thought that these mountains were pillars
that kept the vault of heaven high above.

However all these
superstitious beliefs of Arab society were eliminated with the Quran. In Surat
Al Ra'ed (Chapter 13) , verse 2, it was said: "Allah is He who raised up the heavens without any
pillars, that you can see " (The Quran, 13:2).

This verse
invalidated the belief that the sky remains above because of the mountains. In
many other subjects, important facts were revealed at a time when no one could
have known them.

Few points need to be highlighted :

- Quran’s principal objective is to form a righteous man and establish a virtuous
community…

-

Quran is not a book of astrology, or medicine.- Quran’s words need not reflect the norms of the present time, or have
connotation to recent theories and knowledge...

-

Quran’s words are very well-contrived and
accurate, as they are composed by Allah, Who has perfected everything.
- Quran’s purposes of medical and scientific references, and miracles are numerous, of
which the most significant are:

1-Reinforcing and
strengthening the
faith in Moslems through motivation of admonition,
deliberation and meditation. 2- Giving non-Moslems conclusive evidences of the genuineness of Islam, as
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was not to
get acquainted
with such scientific issues, which were not revealed except in
the recent decades, unless told of by Allah the Almighty.“Soon will We show them our
signs in the furthest horizons, and in their own souls, until it becomes
manifest to them that this
is the Truth…”
(41: 53)

Let’s take for example this verse
“O
mankind!If ye have a doubt about
Recreation,”

(22:5)

(يا أيها
الناس إن كنتم في ريب من البعث)

الحج : 5

here is the evidence: “surely
We created you out of dust, then of a sperm-drop, then of a leech-like clot,
then out of a lump of flesh,formed and
unformed, that We may make clearer (Our signs) to you; and We establish in the
wombs what We will, till a stated term, then We deliver you as infants, then
that you may come of age; and some of you die, and some of you are kept back
unto the vilest state of life, that after knowing, they may know nothing…”(22: 5)

Now, let us look together at some of these medical
miracles revealed in the Quran :

The sensation of skin pain

It was commonly believed, for several centuries, that the body is all
sensitive to pain.It was not clear then
that there were specialized nerves in the body responsible for
transportingall kinds of pain and other
sensations, until recently when anatomy has discovered the role of specialized
nerve endings in transporting all different kinds of pain.

The most significant nerve sensations in the human body are:

The sensation of touch: the corpuscles responsible for such sensation
are called Meissners and Merkels corpuscles.

The sensation of pain: this is transported by the nerve endings in the
skin.

The sensation of heat: this is the responsibility of Ruffini cylinders
corpuscles.

The nerve endings will be exposed if the dermis
and epidermis layers are injured

Taking skin burns as a distinct cause for the skin sensation of
pain,burns can be divided into 3 types:

1-Burns of first degree (sun
burns): these affect the epidermis causing swelling and moderate pain.The phenomena of redness, swelling and pain
usually disappear within two to three days.

(Figure 1).

2-Burns of second degree: epidermis
and dermis are injured.In such
a case, a detachmentoccurs between
epidermis and dermis, causing the collection of secretions between these two
layers (Figure 2). The injured person suffers from severe
pain, and excessive increase of pain sensation, due to irritation of exposed
nerve ending particularly after the outburst of blisters.The skin starts to heal within 14 days as a
result of the process of renovation and inversion under the skin.

3-Burns of third degree: the whole
skin thickness is burned and perhaps the injury may reach the muscles or the
bone.The skin loses elasticity and
becomes rough and dry.In this case, the
injured person do not feel much pain, as nerve endings have been damaged almost
completely due to burning

(Figure 3).

Burns of third degree
(full thickness burn - not painful)

Burns of second degree
(blister on the leg , very painful if outburst)

Burns of first degree
(sun burn of the face)

The Quran states ; “Those
who reject our signs, We shall cast into the fire; as often as their skins are
roasted through.We shall change them
for fresh skins, that they may taste the punishment; for Allah is Exalted in
power; Wise.” ( 4:56)

Allah did not say “as often as their skins are burned”, as burning could
be partial, but He rather said: “as
often as their skins are roasted through”, i.e., totally burned with
all nerves of sensation and pain.So, He
the Almighty associated between the sensation of pain and the skin when roasted
and burned totally, thus losing its structure and function.When sensation of pain is lost, a new fully
composed and functional skin is replaced, where the nerve ending responsible
for thepainful sensation of heat and burn perform and function to make the
unbeliever taste the punishment of being burned with fire over and over again.

What about intestines ..?

Anatomy has discovered that small intestines are the longest part in the
digestive system, of about 5 meters long. The walls of intestines consist of 3
layers:

1-The external stratum (serum
stratum): its membrane is soft and wet due to the secretion of a serum liquid.

2-The medium stratum (muscular
stratum).

3-The internal stratum (mucosa
stratum): it consists of a mucosa plate and circular or ring folds full of
villi, and contains intestinal glands and lymphatic vesicular.

It has been found out that the abdominal cavity is lined with the
peritoneum which is fed through the wall nerves feeding the skin, and the
muscles of chest and abdomen. These nerves are affected by touch and heat.The viscera have no nerves for pain or
sensation.Therefore, when the abdominal
wall is anaesthetized locally, and the abdomen is open, no sensation of pain or
disturbance is felt in the intestines if held, cut or even burned.But when the intestines are cut or perforated
for any reason, its contents come out into the cavity surrounding the viscera,
and which is rich in sensitive nerves, the pain is then very severe and the
abdomen of the patient is in a state called Board Like Rigidity.It is an emergency surgical state that
requires an immediate operation.

Perforated intestine causes
severe abdominal pain

In
Quran, Allah the Almighty says about the torment of hell fire;
“such are given to drink boiling water,
that tears their bowels asunder.” (47: 15)

(وسقوا ماءَ
حميماَ
فقطع أمعاءهم (
محمد
: 15

The Holy Quran threatens the unbelievers of hot water that tears their
bowels. The reasoning underlying this threat has recently become evident.It has been discoveredthat intestines are not affected with heat. But if they are cut, hot water
therein comes out into the peritoneum which is fed
through the wall nerves feeding the skin, and the muscles of chest and
abdomen.These nerves are affected with
touch or heat, so the hot water, after intestines are cut, causes the highest
degrees of pain.

So the outer torment felt in the skin, is different from that felt in
the inner intestines, due to the difference in the nature of skin
structure.The feeling of former torment
cannot be maintained unless the roasted skin is exchanged with a new layer, while in
the case of intestines, torment is felt only by cutting the intestines with hot
water.Torment is yet continuous:
“As for the unbelievers, theirs shall be
the fire of Gehannam (hellfire); they shall neither be done with and die, nor shall its
chastisement be lightened for them,even
so We recompense every ungrateful one.” (35:36)

and; “Not so did you cover yourselves, lest your hearing, your eyes and
your skins should bear witness against you; but you thought that Allah would
never know much of the things that you were working.” (41: 22),

What are the possible reasons
behind advancing "hearing" over "sight" in Quran ?

1-Hearing develops before sight in the
embryo stage , and it is the first sense that
functions in life.The function of
hearing starts immediately with the baby after deliver, in contrary to the eye
which does not function the time the baby is brought to life.In other words, Allah the
Almighty conveys to us that it is hearing that functions at first.If a disturbing sound is produced near the
newly born baby, he/ she feels terrified and cries.But if a hand is approached near the same baby,
he/ she does not move or sense any sort of danger.

2-Ear is preferred over and more
superior than the eye, as it does not stop function by sleep.Since the very beginning of life, the ear functions at the first instance
after delivery, while some other organs may wait days, or years to function.The eye needs light to see.Rays of light are reflected on things, then
enter the eye to see things.If it is
dark, the eye cannot function, but the ear can function day and night.

3-Ear is the link between man and
the world.When Allah the Almighty
decreed that the Men of the Cave sleep hundred of years, He said; “Then We smote their ears many years in
the Cave.” (18 : 11)

فَضَرَبْنَا
عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدا[الكهف: 11]

Hence when ear was out of function, men of the Cave were able to sleep hundred
of years without any disturbance. Noisy
daylight movements, contrary to night quietness, prevent man to sleep
deeply.Yet the ears never sleep or lose
attention.

It is noticed that the word hearing advances the word sight in the whole
of Quran, except in one verse, which tackles doomsday: “If only you could see when the guilty ones will bend low their
heads before their Lord! ‘Our Lord, we have seen and we have heard; now return
us, that we may do righteousness, for we do have sure faith.’” (32: 12)

In this only verse, Allah forwards the word "see" over that of "hear", as
the horrible scenes of Doomsday (the day of judgment) when overwhelming people, will be seen first
before heard of.Allah knows best.

Another interesting point :
It is also noticed that the word ear is always referred to in the
singular form while the word eyes in the plural form. Allah says:
“Not so did you cover yourselves, lest
your hearing, your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you; but you
thought that Allah would never know much of the things that you were working.” (41:
22),

Why is it in the Quran the word "ear" is singular
while "eyes" is plural ?

Why is it, in the Holy Quran, that the word “ear” is always
singular,
while the word “eyes” is plural? Why could it not be “ears and eyes”, or “ear
and eye”?Allah the Almighty, in such
an accurate expression, seeks to reveal to usthe precision of the Holy Quran.The sense of sight can be willingly controlled by man, as he is opt
whether to see or not.Man can close his
eyes for the things he does not like to see, but he cannot do the same with his
sense of hearing, as he has no control over ear whether to hear or not.In other words, when someone is in a room
where ten people are talking, their voices will reach his ear whether he is
willing or not.The sense of sight vary
among people; someone sees something while another sees something else due to a
different variation of sight, while someone else closes his eyes and sees
nothing. For hearing, we all share the same sound, if we are assembled in one
place.Hence eyes vary but ears stand
single.

What we see and what
we do not..!

Are there really things around us
that we cannot see?

A quick look
to the nature of light, being the tool of vision and sight, can help bring home
the idea.

·There is a difference between
visible light and light in general.

·Light scale in general starts with
less than 0.1 of the nanometer, as in the case of rays of short wave and high
power (Gamma rays), up to more than 1 km, as in the case of long waves and low
power (Radio waves).

·Visible light is the light waves
that man’s eyes can receive and through which he can see things. This has no
significant rate in the wave length scale of light or in electromagnetic waves,
where normal light waves with its seven known colours reach a
rate of 400 and 800 nanometers (nanometer isone thousand-millionth of a meter) on the scale grade.

·Man with the help of visible light
can see all around, as he can see microorganisms through microscopes and far
celestial bodies through telescopes. Man was not able before the discovery of
these two instruments to see more than his open eye could see.Man can presumably see all that which can be
seen by visible light, regardless of being minute or huge. This gives the room for the question: what about other unseen worlds?

·What is the volume of these
visible things in the direct light waves in comparison with the things that
cannot be seen or perceived by the human eye?

5-Infra-red ray.It length is 0.1 of the nanometer and is
usually originated from hot substances and every living being.This ray is used by armies to locate targets
of machineries and soldiers that emit heat.Lots of snakes use it to determine their quarries precisely.

6-Short waves or microwaves.These are used in telecommunications
(specially in mobile phones), and commonly
used heaters. They are used as well in guiding planes, and in determining the speed of traffic on roads.

7-Radio waves. They range between
one meter to 1 km in length and are originated from stars as other rays, as
well as the lightening processes in clouds, and can be received by radio
sets.They are used in wireless
telecommunications in general.

·The Quranic miracle is thus
crystallized, as Allah verily says;
“I swear by that you see and by that you do not see.” (69:38-39)

( فلا أقسم بما تبصرون ومالاتبصرون ) الحاقة (38-39).

The origin of creation: clay &
water !

In the Quran,
Allah reveals that the creation of man is a miracle. The first human being
was created by Allah shaping clay into a human form and then breathing a soul into it,
Allah (SWT) says in Quran : ( Your Lord said
to the angels, "I am going to create a human being out of clay. When I have
formed him and breathed My Spirit into him, fall down in prostration to him!") (Quran
38:71-72)

When the human
body is examined today, many elements present on the
earth are also discovered to be found in the human body. Living tissues contain 95% carbon,
hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur, with a total of 26 different
elements.91
In another verse of the Quran we are told: "We created man
from an extract of clay" (Quran 23:12)

(ولقد
خلقنا الإنسان من سلالة من طين ) المؤمنون 12

The Arabic word
"sulala," translated as
"extract" in the verse, means "representative example, essence." As we have
seen, the information revealed in the Quran 1,400 years ago confirms what modern
science tells us-the fact that the same elements as
those found in the soil are
employed in the human creation .

Below is a
diagram showing the distribution of the elements in a 70-kilo human being.

As we notice above water forms the main
component of the human being and any other being . Allah (SWT)
says :" Allah created
every [living] creature from water. Some of them go on their bellies, some of
them on two legs, and some on four. Allah creates whatever He wills. Allah has
power over all things" (Quran, 24:45)

When we look at
the verses concerned with the creation of human beings and living things, we
clearly see evidence of a miracle. One such miracle is of the creation of living
things from water. It was only possible for people to come across that information,
clearly expressed in those verses, hundreds of years afterwards with the
invention of the microscope.

All life forms
need water in order to survive. Animals in dry regions, therefore, have been
created with mechanisms to protect their metabolisms from water loss and to
ensure maximum benefit from water use. If water loss takes place in the body for
any reason, and if that loss is not replaced, death will result in a few days.
The famous 17th century scientist Jan Baptista van Helmont discovered in 1640s
that water in the soil was the most important element of plant development.

Finger Prints

Finger prints are formed in the
embryo at the fourth month, and remain fixed and distinct all along man’s life.

Finger prints are a record of
curvatures that arise due to the fusion between the epidermis with the dermis.

These curvatures differ from one
person to another, and they never match or correspond among all humans.

Finger prints have become the best
method to identify persons.In 1858, the
English Scientist, William Herschel, pointed out that finger prints differ with
the difference of their holders, thus rendering them as distinctive feature
evidence for each person.

Finger prints are considered
as as distinctive feature evidence for each person

Allah says in the Holy
Quran : “I do swear by
the Day of Resurrection.I do swear by
the reproachful soul.Does man reckon We
shall not gather his bones?Yes indeed;
We are able to shape again the tips of his fingers.” (75: 1-4)

Physicians conducted wide anatomical
studies on a large number of people of different nationalities and ages, and
they were confronted with the scientific fact to which they bowed their heads,
and in submission they testified that no one is ever able to make similar all
finger prints scattering all over the universe not even among two persons.

Here it is noticed that the verse speaks also of the recreation of all finger tips, and not only
one.The word fingertips refer to
all hand fingers.So shaping them again
after being scattered all over the universe on Resurrection Day is a sign
of Allah’s almighty power.This is
but one side of Allah’s ability to resurrect people on Doomsday with their
identifiable parts after annihilation.

Therefore, it is not surprising that
fingertips are one of Allah’s signs that contain the secret of His
creation, and certify to the entity of the person without any confusion,
thus becoming the most genuine testimony in this world and the
Hereafter.The finger print is also
a demonstration of Allah’s greatness of shaping such lines on a very small
space no more than few square centimeters.

Is it not a wonderful scientific miracle
in which the power of Allah the Almighty is evident ?Praise be to Allah the Almighty Who
says; “Soon will We show them our signs in the furthest
horizons, and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that
this is the Truth” (41:
53)

Forelock!

Allah the Almighty
speaks of Abu Jahl (an inveterate enemy of Islam, who used to insult prophet
Mohammad (PBUH) and his followers) :
“No Indeed; surely, if he gives
not over, We shall seize him by the forelock, a lying, sinful forelock!” (96 : 15-16)

Forelock means lock
of hair at forehead.in explanation of
Allah’s verse: ‘We shall seize him by the
forelock’,Al
Faraa said; ‘it is theforehead that He (Allah) shall
seize Abu Jahl to drag him i.e., a sign of humiliation and
disgrace.’

Commentators’
explanation:

Al Alousi said;
“The forelock as described in the verse, indicates in the first place that this
person is lying and sinful,
and due to Abu Jahl’s obstinate lying and sins,
every part of him is lying and sinning .”Al Alousi also said; “The forelock is specifically mentioned here
because the cursed Abu Jahl used to take good care of it by combing and
perfuming, and because seizing the forelock is the utmost humiliation for any
Arab…”

Some
Quran commentators say: “The aim is not a lying forelock.But it is used metaphorically, not in
the strict sense of the term, i.e., it is the forelock of a liar and
sinful.Since the forelock is the
forehead, the description of lying refers to the possessor, as it could
not be a place or source of lying.

In
his “Musnad”, Ahmed referred to the Prophet's Hadith
which points out to the forelock.It was narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said;
“O, my Lord I am Your slave and the son of Your slave and
the son of Your bondmaid, my forelock is at Your Hands, … ". This Hadith reveals that man’s fate is
at Allah’s Hands, as well as man’s forelock, thus indicating, as the Verse
above, that the forelock plays an important role in guiding and controlling
man’s behaviour.

So,
what is the reason underlying the use of forelock? What is the hidden organ
behind the forehead – that part which is responsible for the person’s
character and which controls man’s behaviour and actions of truthfulness
and lying, right and wrong, and which if subjugated, man’s behaviour can
be controlled, as indicated in the book of “Gray's anatomy ” edited by Warwick &
Williams.

Scientific
facts:

Man’s brain
contains the following main lobes:

1-Frontal lobe.

2-Occipital lobe.

3-Temporal lobe.

4-Parietal lobe.

The brain with its different lobes

·For each lobe, there is a functional role, which is at he
same timecomplementary to the
other body functions.Having dissected
the forehead, the frontal lobe was found to be the part lying behind.The frontal lobe is characterized, apart from
the animal counterpart, with the regions responsible for behaviour and speech
being developed and distinct as per the anatomic and functional levels.

·The Frontal lobe is a big lobe situated in front of the
central groove, and contains five neurological centres that vary in location
and position. These centres are:

1-Primary Motor Area
that helps move the voluntary muscles of the left side of the body.

2-Secondary Motor
Area that helps move the voluntary muscles of the right side of the body.

3-Frontal Eye Field
that helps move eyes to the opposite sides compatibly.

4-Motor Speech Area
of Broca that coordinates movements among organs of speech, such as larynx, tongue
and face.

5-Pre-Frontal
Cortex, which lies directly behind the forehead, represents the bigger part of
the frontal lobe, and its function is responsible for forming the person’s
character and also has an effect in determining the ability of taking initiative and
judgment.

·Electronic Studies of brain and electric studies of organ functions
revealed that patients and animals subjected to damage of frontal lobes, often
suffer a diminution of mental abilities.Any deficiency affecting the frontal lobe can change the natural
behaviour of man that may reach to the extent of doing evil actions, and
deterioration of the moral principles, the memory, and the ability to solve
mental issues.

·Frontal lobes of brain are considered the centre of the
initiative of lying. All mental activities of lying are conducted therein and then
transferred to messengers organs through the action of lying.The evil actions are also planned for in this lobe before being transferred to action organs.The lobe is also responsible for wrong actions
being a centre of direction and control, as indicated in Encyclopaedia Britannica.

The miracle
side:

The miracle side in
the above Quranic verse and the Honourable Hadith of the Prophet is that they
refer very accurately to the frontal lobe, lying deep at man’s forelock, as
being the centre of decision to control man’s actions of truthfulness, lying,
right, wrong, balance or perversion.This has been revealed by modern scientific studies in the second half
of the 20th century.

Another fact: The brain is
surrounded with three membranes, among which is the cerebral spinal fluid
(CSF), which has the function of protection, feeding and cooling.

The brain swims in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
and it is surrounded with 3 membranes

It has been found
that the brain inside the skull weighs 50 gm, although the real weight is 1700
gm.The physical principle states that
the volume of the object immersed in fluid is equal to the volume of displaced
fluid.Therefore, it is of the Almighty
Creator’s decree that we do not feel the brain weight, as it floats in the CSF,
which originates from a special area in the brain called “the corogy plexus”,
and rotates inside and comes out of another area such as the domestic water
net.This cycle occurs five times a
day. As Moslems do before prayer times, the
brain get ablution 5 times a day ... !

We prostrate on the
frontal lobe which has the centre of decision making.When prostrating and worshipping Allah, the
Moslem’s forelock is certified as truthful and right .

Man in high
altitudes

Almost 100 years
ago, medical researches started address the functions of the human body when
rising up in high altitudes, and the effect of being at high atmosphere.Aero- and space medicine gives so much
details of this issue, in which the dyspnea is explained in two main causes:

1-Less oxygen rates in high altitudes.

2-Decrease of air pressure.

The more we rise up from the surface of the earth, the more the air
pressure decreases, thus leading to decrease of the rate of air passage through
alveoli pulmonis to blood.Decrease of
air pressure also leads to distention of gases in stomach and intestines that
push the diaphragm upwards, thus pressing over and obstructing the extension of
lungs.

Stages of the
symptoms of oxygen shortage phenomena:

These are divided
into four stages that relate to air pressure and the level of altitude and the
rate of oxygen concentration in blood.

1-The stage of non alteration, i.e., from the level of sea to
an altitude of 3 km.In this stage, the
symptoms of oxygen shortage are not present and sight is not affected at day
time.

2-The stage of physiological
adjustment, i.e., from an altitude of 3 km to 5 km. Body systems function in
this stage in such a way that will not let the symptoms of oxygen shortage
appear, unless the period of exposing to such a shortage is elongated, or the
person exerts physical effort in such conditions. In that case, rates of
respiration, pulse, blood pressure and circulation increase in number and depth.

3-The stage of physiological
disturbance, i.e., from an altitude of 5 km to 8 km.In this stage, body systems, particularly the
lungs, cannot afford to function properly or supply the quantity of oxygen
needed by tissue sufficiently.Hence the
symptoms of oxygen shortage appear. In this stage, a clear explanation is
established for man’s feeling of exhaustion, headache, feeling like to sleep,
dyspnea and chest tightness when rising up in high altitudes. As a result of air pressure decrease, all air
comes out of lungs and alveoli pulmonis, reducing the size of lungs and chest
(i.e., the chest becomes really tight).
4- The stage of chest tightness, i.e., from an altitude of 8 km upwards.
In this stage, man loses consciousness totally due to the failure of the
nervous system, and condition becomes critical.

The higher the man climbs up in sky the
less is the oxygen

The Quran which was revealed fourteen centuries ago to Prophet Mohammed
(PBUH)
states: “Whomsoever Allah desires to
guide, He expands his chest to Islam; whomsoever He desires to lead astray, He
makes his chest narrow, tight, as if he were climbing up to the sky.”
(6:125)

Thus, this verse displays a
miraculous similitude when presenting a scientific fact in a very
eloquent and accurate style.Points of
the miracles of this verse are:

1-When people first heard of the
verse of man’s climbing to sky (space) , they considered it as a sort of imagination,
and that Quran regards the ascension to space in a metaphorical manner.Actually the verse is a prophecy that came
true centuries after it was first revealed.

2-The similitude is very accurate,
as climbing to high distances in the air causes chest tightness and the feeling
of suffocation.The more the ascension
increases, the more tightness reaches so critical and difficult stage that
respiration is not possible any more. That’s why oxygen cylinders are taken when
ascending up the sky, as in space ships !

Medical Referencesat the shadows of
Surat Al Kahf

The Quranic chapter 18 : "The Cave" (Al Kahf) was revealed
to answer few questions which the mushriks (unbelievers) of Makkah, had
put to the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in order to test him.. One of the questions
was : Who were "the Sleepers of the Cave" ? The disbelievers of Makkah were told that the story of the Sleepers of the Cave was a clear proof of
the creed of the Hereafter, as it shows that Allah has the power to
resurrect anyone He wills even after a long sleep of death as He did with
the Sleepers of the Cave (they slept over 300 years) .

Allah the Almighty says in this chapter : “Then We smote their ears in the Cave many years.” (18 : 11)

The sense of hearing is a
physiological one that does not stop functioning at the time of sleep (the
sleeper can wake up at a nearby sound).

As the

8th cranial nerve
(which passes in the inner part of the ear) has two
divisions: one for hearing and the other for equilibrium
(position and movement of the head). In the case of
Cave Sleepers the physiologicalfunction of both hearing and equilibrium did stop,
therefore, the Quranic verse uses the
expression “Smote their ears..”
rather than their hearing.

The other bodily
functions were veiled, and the eye did not see though open
: “You would have thought them awake,
as they lay sleeping” (18: 18).

(وتحسبهم أيقاظا وهم رقود ) آية 18

And their muscles did not move, although they were alive: “While We turned them now to the
right, now to the left” (18:18)

(ونقلبهم ذات اليمين وذات الشمال)
آية 18

Their shape did not change although many years elapsedas they did not notice real changes on their faces when they woke up: “They said:’We have tarried a day, or part of a
day” (18:19)

(قَالُوالَبِثْنَايَوْماً أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ) آية 19

Their conditions as such are like that of
preserving organs through cooling to cause metabolic inhibition, which is used
extensively in the medical field to preserve donated organs (heart, kidneys,
cornea, etc) before transplantation into another body.
Therefore, the sun inclines towards the right when
rising up and towards the left when setting down, so that it will not strike
them, while they are in a gap in the cave:
“And you would have seen the sun, when it rose, inclining
from their Cave towards the right,
and when it set, passing them by on the left, While they are in a gap therein,
Such are among the Signs of Allah” (18:17),

So, coolness in this gap in the Cave away from
the heat of the sun that did not touch them, was sufficient to inhibit bodily
metabolism for the preservation of their bodies all this long period.Had they been only asleep, they would have
needed water and food to survive, and would have been awaken by the need to
urinate after some hours.But Allah inhibited
all their biological functions and preserved their bodies in a living shape.
So, He said; “You would have thought
them awake, as they lay sleeping”.(18:
18),

(وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ
رُقُودٌ) آية 18

and
did not say; “You would have thought them dead, as they lay sleeping”, as the
sign of awakening is ‘eye wink’.Allah
preserved their eyes from blindness through blinking, as the eye if kept closed
for a long period of time will be blind, because the optic nerve will shrink
and die, and if it is kept open, the cornea will be affected with
corneo-xerosis, and blindness. Therefore, this rare status of theirs would have
aroused terror, if seen, as they were not alive or dead.They were asleep, yet their eyes were
blinking: “Had you observed them
surely you would have turned your back on them in flight, and been filled with
terror of them.” (18:18)

As Allah preserved their eyes through
blinking, He also preserved their bodies from ulcers through constant turning:
“While We turned them now to the right, now to the left” (18:18),

(وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ
وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ) آية 18

so
that they would not be affected with pressure sores.

Pressure or bed sore in the lower back due
to lack of movements in a paralyzed patient

An international patent for
Quranic eye drops !

Inspired by the shirt of Yousof
(Joseph), an Egyptian Moslem scientist, unprecedently, managed to
manufacture an eye drop to treat the cataract. How?

Allah the Almighty describes Jacob: “And he turned away from them, and
said, ‘Ah, how great is my grief for Joseph.’And his eyes turned white because of the
sorrow that he chocked within him.” (12: 84)

Whiteness, which is termed as cataract,
affecting the eye is the opacity of the eye lens that prevents, partially
or totally, the entry of light into the eye according to the degree of
opacity.

Causes of Cataract:

1-A direct trauma to the eye lens.

2- High temperature.

3-Different types of radiation or flaring
light, causing what is termed “radiation cataract”.

4-Opacity due to senile cataract,
and diabetes mellitus that increases the concentration of fluids around the
lens and absorbs its fluid,
causing the presence of cataract rapidly.

5-Severe grief causes the increase
of adrenalin hormone which in turn causes increase of blood sugar, which is one
of the opacity causes
in addition to coincidence of grieving with weeping.

What Prophet Yousof (PBUH) did, through a
revelation from Allah, was that he asked his brothers to take the shirt of
healing to their father: “Go,
take this shirt, and do you cast it on my father’s face , and he shall
recover his sight; then bring me your family altogether.” (12: 93)

“So,
when the caravan set forth, their father ( Jacob
) said, ‘surely I perceive Yousof’s
scent, unless you think me doting’. They said; ‘By Allah, you are
certainly in your ancient error.’ But when the bearer of good tidings
cameto him, and laid it (Yousof's
shirt) on his
face, forthwith he saw once again.He said; ‘Did I not tell you I know from Allah that you know not?’
(12: 94-96)

After meditation, the Egyptian Moslem
scientist, Dr. Abdul Basit Sayed Mohammed, did not find except sweat.He began to search the components of sweat. He immersed lenses
extracted from traditional surgeries of cataract in the sweat.He found out that a state of gradual
transparency is established in these opaque lenses.

The second question was: are all sweat
components effective in such a case or is it only one of its
components?He later realized that
one of its main components was the urea (Goandin), and which could be
chemically prepared.

Results of investigations on 250
volunteers revealed removal of cataract and restoration of sight for more
than 90%.

So, inspired by the Surat of Yousof, the
Moslem scientist Dr. Abdul Basit Sayed Mohammed of the National Centre of
Researches in Egypt was
able to manufacture an eye drop to treat the cataract, and obtained two
international patents: The European International Patent in 1991, and the
American Patent in 1993.

Allah the Almighty said;
“And We send down, of the Quran,
that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers.” (Israa/82)

- Prevents the recurrence
of pregnancy with a rate of more than 98%, without contraceptives.

- Protects the lactating
mother against breast and uterine cancer.

For the baby:

Breast feeding protects the baby from viral
infections, as it contains immunity agents.

·It
protects against food allergy, as it is free of protein that causes such kind
of allergy, and which is usually found in extracted and manufactured cows milk.

It prevents shortage of calcium in the baby’s
blood, thus helping to construct strong bones.

It returns with spiritual and psychological
benefits to the baby, as it helps build a well composed, righteous and
straight personality, and strengthens the spiritual and passionate links
between the baby and the mother.

As revealed in a research published in Pediatric
Clinics of North America in February 2001, the mental abilities of babies
who receive breast feeding from their mothers are stronger and higher than
otherwise, and the longer the period of breast feeding, the higher the
mental abilities are.

It was shown that
mother's milk also provides protection against cancer. After showing that the
incidence of the lymph cancer observed in childhood was nine times greater in
formula-fed children, they realised that the same results applied to other
forms of cancer. According to the results, mother's milk accurately locates the
cancer cells and later destroys them. It is a substance called alpha-lac (alphalactalbumin), present in large quantities in
mother's milk, that locates and kills the cancer cells. Alpha-lac is produced by
a protein that assists in the manufacture of the sugar lactose in the milk.

In addition to some practical benefits of breast
feeding.The milk is always ready
with steady and appropriate heat, fresh, sterilized, digestible and saves money
and time !

Researchers indicated that breast feeding
alleviates the baby’s fear of needle pricks and helps as analgesic during
painful operations such as circumcision.

A new theory emerged
in the recent years indicating that the protein in cows milk can cause a
biological reaction that destroys the pancreatic beta cells excreting insulin.This theory is supported with the high
rate of the presence of cow milk proteins in the serum of children with diabetes in
comparison with study group of non-diabetic children. But why is it that cows milk causes this harm
before the second year, and then disappears after this period?

In a study conducted in Finland
in 1994 and published in Auto-immunity Journal, the authors state that the
protein of cow milk passes in natural form through the lining membrane of
digestive system which is not yet fully grown.As the enzymes of the digestive system cannot break the protein into
amino acids, the protein of cow milk enters as a complex protein and works as a
catalyst to produce immunity agents in the body of the child.

New references reveal that enzymes and the
lining membrane of the digestive system and kinetics of digestion and
absorption do not attain complete function except in the second year after
delivery.

Many studies stress on breast feeding in the
first two years

In a very accurate scientific reference,
the Quran determines the period of lactation with almost two years.In verse 14 of Surat Luqman:
“And We enjoined on man concerning
his parents- his mother bore him in weakness upon weakness, and his
weaning was in two years.” (31:14)

Allah the Almighty says; "Your Lord
revealed to the bees: "Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees,
and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat from every kind of
fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have been made easy for
you to follow." From inside them comes a drink of varying colours,
containing healing for mankind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people
who reflect" (16:
68)

Although honey is one of the most
important products of the bee, yet it is not the only product. Honey wax, propolis, nectar, bee toxicant are cases in point of other products that
proved by experimental science to be of medical benefits.

Honey has more than 80 materials of
sugar vitamins and 15 materials of sugars, particularly fructose, glucose,
minerals, amino acids and about 5% of unclassified materials.

“containing
healing for mankind” is an explicit verse indicating that honey is a
treatment as well as a nutrient.

Benefits of honey:

Alleviating inflammation of cornea if
used locally on the eye.

An antibiotic if used locally in situ of
wounds and burns, and it is used for healing of wounds
:
- When used in
treatment of wounds, thanks to its ability to absorb moisture from the air,
honey facilitates healing process and prevents scarring. This is because honey
stimulates the growth of epithelial cells that form the new skin cover over a
healed wound. In this way, even in case of large wounds, honey may eliminate the
need for tissue transplantation.
- Honey
stimulates the re-growth of tissue involved in the healing process. It stimulates
the formation of new blood capillaries and the growth of fibroblasts that
replace the connective tissue of the deeper layer of the skin and produce the
collagen fibres that give strength to the repair.
- Honey has an
anti-inflammatory action, which reduces the swelling around a wound. This
improves circulation and thus hastens the healing process. It also reduces pain.
- Honey does
not stick to the underlying wound tissues, so there is no tearing away of newly
formed tissue, and no pain, when dressings are changed.
-Thanks to its
aforementioned antimicrobial property, honey provides a protective barrier to
prevent wounds becoming infected. It also rapidly clears any existing infection
from wounds. It is fully effective, even with antibiotic-resistant strains of
bacteria. Unlike antiseptics and antibiotics, there is no impairment of the
healing process through adverse effects on wound tissues.
- Some studies showed that honeyis a good treatment against the
hospital infection bacteria "superbugs" (MRSA).

As honey does not accommodate bacteria, this bactericide
(bacteria-killing) property of honey is named "the inhibition effect." There
are various reasons of this anti-microbial property of the honey. Some examples
are: the high sugar content that limits the amount of water microorganisms need
for growth, its high acidity (low pH) and composition which deprive bacteria
from nitrogen necessary for reproduction. The existence of hydrogen peroxide as
well as antioxidants in the honey prevent bacteria growth.

Antioxidant:
Everyone who wants to live a healthier life should consume antioxidants. Those
are the components in cells that get rid of harmful byproducts of normal
metabolic functions. These elements inhibit destructive chemical reactions that
cause spoilage of food and many chronic illnesses. Researchers believe food
products rich in antioxidants may prevent heart problems and cancer. Strong
antioxidants are present in honey content: Pinocembrin,
pinobaxin, chrisin and galagin. Pinocembrin
is an antioxidant that merely exists in the honey.

A treatment for gastric and duodenal
ulcers, as honey decreases the secretion of hydrochloric acid to a normal
rate, thus helping to heal such ulcers and alleviate the related pains and
reduce resultant cases of vomiting and colic.For the treatment to be effective, honey
should be taken dissolved in warm water one or two hours before meals.

A treatment for involuntary urination at
beds. Such a
disease that could often be a result of psychic or neurotic cause. So, if
the child is given one
small spoon of honey before sleeping, this will have a positive effect, as
honey is
sedative for the nervous system, thus helping the cyst to relax and expand
during sleep.Concentrated sugar
also helps to absorb water from the child body.

It
supports
blood formation:
Honey provides an important part of the energy needed by the body for blood
formation. In addition, it helps in cleansing the blood. It has some positive
effects in regulating and facilitating blood circulation. It also functions as a
protection against capillary problems and arteriosclerosis.

A treatment for colds, flu and
pharyngitis.

A treatment for cases of chronic
hepatitis, as honey increases the liver stock of the glycogen material
through the increase of blood glucose, thus helping the liver to function
properly and relieve it from more burdens.

A treatment for insomnia and a sedative
for nerves, as it contains some sedative and tonic substances as sodium and
potassium at a
reasonable rate such.

A treatment for alcoholic
poisoning.Honey is one of the main
nutrients prescribed in hospitals and clinics of alcoholic addicts, as it
protects the liver from alcoholic poisoning. Fructose and vitamin B group
in the honey helps oxidize the alcohol remaining in the body.

A treatment for cough.

In cosmetics, a mixture of honey with
lemon and glycerin is considered of the best old medical prescription for
the treatment of skin cracking and roughness, the inflammation and wounds of
lips, sun stroke, and dermal pigments.Many ointments and creams contain honey
as a main element for the treatment of skin diseases.

A treatment for muscular spasm of sportive exercises or
facial spasms and eyelids muscles, which
disappear after having one big spoon of honey for three days after each
meal.

It was narrated
by Al Bukhari and Moslem on the authority of Abu Saeed Al Khudari that A man
came to the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and said, "My brother has some abdominal
trouble." The Prophet said to him "Let him drink honey." The man
returned to the prophet and said: “O Messenger of Allah! I let him drink honey,
but it caused him more pain.”The
prophet said to him; “Go and let him drink honey”.The man went and let his brother drink honey,
then returned back and said; “O Messenger of Allah, it did not cause him except
more pains.”The Prophet then said,
"Allah has said the truth, but your brother's abdomen has told a lie. Let
him drink honey." So he made him drink honey and he was cured.

It can easily be seen from this
information that honey has great "healing" properties. This is undoubtedly one
of the miracles of the Quran Allah, Who is Exalted in Power, has revealed.

(Your Lord
revealed to the bees: "Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees,
and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat from every kind of
fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have been made easy for
you to follow." From inside them comes a drink of varying colours,
containing healing for mankind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who
reflect ) (
16:68-69)

In the honey
bee colonies where each of the many bees is assigned a specific task, the only
exception is the male honey bee. The males do not contribute to the defence of
the hive or its cleaning, gathering food, or making the honeycomb and
honey. The only function of the male bees in the hive is to inseminate the queen
bee.
Apart from reproductive organs, the males possess almost none of the features
possessed by other bees and it is therefore impossible for them to do
anything but fertilise the queen.
The worker bees
carry the entire load of the colony. Although they are females like the queen,
their ovaries have no maturity. This renders them sterile. They have several
duties: cleaning the hive, maintaining the larvae and the young, feeding the
queen bee and the males, producing honey, constructing the honeycomb and
repairing it, ventilating the hive and safeguarding it, gathering supplies like
nectar, pollen, water and resin, and storing these in the hive.

In Arabic,
there are two different usages of verbs. By means of the usage, it is possible
to determine whether the subject is a female or a male. As a matter of fact, the
translated verbs into English (underlined words) used for the honey bee are used
in the feminine verb format in the Quranic verses.
Based on this, the Quran indicates that the honey bees
that work in the making of the honey are females.

We should not
forget that it is impossible for this fact to have been known about the honey
bees in the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Yet, Allah has pointed at this
fact and shown us yet another miracle of the Quran.

Carrion , Blood
& Pork

Allah says in His Honourable
Book; “ He has forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh
of swine.”
(2: 173)

إنما حرم عليكم الميتة
والدمولحم
الخنزير (البقرة 173)

He the Almighty also said: “Forbidden
to you are carrion, blood and flesh of swine, and that which has been hallowed
to other than Allah, and that which has been killed by strangling, or by a
violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; and that which
has been partly eaten by a wild animal-excepting that you have sacrificed
duly…” (4:3)

It has been proved
on a conclusive scientific basis that the body of a dead animal reservesblood with all sediments and toxins,
particularly which are in the arterial blood.Blood could then prevail in the tissues and thus the toxins start to
function in all body cells, thus the dead body changes colour to darker and the
superficial veins are filled with blood, and blood circulation stops with no
chance of leaking any amount of blood outside the body.The dead body becomes a spoilt deposit for
diseases and microbes.The work of decay
then starts in the body, affecting the meat in colour, taste and smell.So meat of dead bodies is foul and
un-good.Allah says; “They
will question thee what is permitted them.Say; ‘The good things are permitted you….’” (4:4)

( يسألونك ماذا أحل لهم ، قل أحل لكم الطيبات ((المائدة 4 )

Due to the
decay enzymes, the dead meat loses all nutrient elements, and becomes
valueless.Allah says; “This
Quran is not such as can be produced by other than Allah; but it is a
confirmation of what is before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book wherein
there is no doubt- from the Lord of all beings.”(Younos :37)

Kinds of carrion

Strangled:
It has been scientifically proved that the animal if strangled, i.e.,
oxygen is not allowed to pass into its lungs, toxic carbon dioxide, as
well as poisonous secretions accumulate in its body.

Killed
by a violent blow, i.e., a cattle beaten to death by a stick or a stone.

Killed
by a headlong fall, i.e., falling from a height.

Killed
by being gored to death, i.e., by another cattle.

The
remnants of a cattle partly eaten by a wild animal.This is prohibited for a great divine
reason.Modern medical science has
recently discovered that germs and microbes are transferred to the prey
when grabbed by the wild animal’s claws, thus causing diseases to transfer
to whoever eats the prey’s meat.Wild animals in general are infected with a disease that lies in
their mouths and saliva, which in turn are transferred to the body of the
prey, causing great harm to eaters of such meat.

Prohibition of
blood:

Blood in the living
creature has two main functions :
(1) it transfers nutrients absorbed by the
intestines such as proteins, sugars, and fats, as well as vitamins, hormones
and oxygen and all other vital necessary substances to body organs and
muscles.(2) it carries harmfulbody substances in the animal body for
disposal through urine, sweat or stool.If the animal is diseased, microbes are multiplied in its blood, using
it as the media for moving from one part to another, and this is where hazards
lie.If man drinks blood, all these
microbes and excretions will be carried to man, thus leading to so many
diseases such hyper-uremia leading to renal failure, or hyper-ammoniaemia
leading to hepatic coma.Many germs
carried by blood causes irritation to the membranes of stomach and intestines,
leading to lots of diseases.For all
these reasons, Islam’s legal method of slaughter dictates that the animal be
cleared of blood after slaughtering, so that cattle’s blood is not allowed by
any means to enter the human body.This
has been revealed long before microscopes are invented by man, or information
of such microbes and germs has reached man’s knowledge.

Prohibition of
the flesh of swine (pork) :

The Moslem is
submissive to Allah’s commands even if the underlying wisdom is not yet
revealed.
“All that the believers say, when
they are called to Allah and His Messenger, that he my judge between them, is
that they say; ‘We hear and we obey’; those – they are the prosperers.” (24: 51)

Some recent western
studies revealed that eaters of the flesh of swine (pork) carry the same
characteristics of swine.

The Quran adopts
the preventive method, whether for medical or social diseases, and their
causes.This is much more better than
the claims of the West and their inventions in the field of treatment which
require lots of money, with no guarantee as to the positive results.No matter how the west is trying to beautify
the image of the swine, by providing the most up to date equipment of caring
and cleanliness, this will not counteract the fixed reality discovered by their
own scientists of the worms and diseases contained in the body of the swine
as compared to other animals.Eating pork is
harmful to health in a great many regards. This harm still persists today,
despite all the precautions that are taken. First and foremost, no matter how
clean the farms and environments on which it is raised may be, the pig is not by
nature a clean-living animal. It often plays in, and even eats, its own
excrement. Due to this and its biological structure, the pig produces much
higher levels of antibodies in its body than other animals. In addition, far
higher levels of growth hormone are produced in the pig compared to those in
other animals and human beings. Naturally, these high levels of antibodies and
growth hormone pass across to and collect in the pig's muscle tissue. Pork meat
also contains high levels of cholesterol and lipids (the
rate of cholesterol is almost 15 times more than its rate in cows) . It has been scientifically
proven that these significant amounts of antibodies, hormones, cholesterol and
lipids in pork represent a serious threat to human health.

The existence
of above-average numbers of obese individuals in the populations of countries
such as the USA and Germany, in which large quantities of pork are consumed, is
now well-known. When exposed to excessive quantities of growth hormone as a
result of a pork-based diet, the human body first puts on excessive weight and
then suffers physical deformations.

Another harmful
substance in pork is the "trichina" worm. This is frequently found in pork and
when it enters the human body, it settles directly in the muscles of the heart
and represents a possibly fatal threat. Even though it is now technically
possible to identify pigs that are infected with trichina, no such methods were
known in earlier centuries. That means that everyone who ate pork risked
infection by trichina and possible death. Another disease is the"Tapeworm" which
is transmitted from the pig to man’s intestines.It is a few meters long, and has about 22-32
hooks in the head, with which it clings to the intestine wall.The larva leaks into the stream of blood and
settles in one of the body organs such as the heart, the liver or the eye,
where it vesiculates.Settling in the brain,
being its favourite place, the worm can cause epilepsy.This is the difference between the hazards of
the tapeworm that is transmitted from the swine to man, and that which is
transmitted from another beast such as the cow for example.The worm of the latter have no such grievous
power to roam and travel with its larva in the human body to destroy it in a
vicious violence.

All these
reasons are just a part of the wisdom in our Lord's prohibition on the
consumption of pork. Moreover, this commandment of our Lord's provides complete
protection from the harmful effects of pork under any conditions.

Until the 20th
century, it was impossible to be aware of the danger posed to human health by
pork. The fact that the Quran, revealed fourteen centuries ago, warns against
this harm which has been incontrovertibly revealed with modern medical equipment
and biological tests, is one of the miracles demonstrating that the Quran is
the revelation of Allah, the Omniscient. Despite all the precautionary measures
and inspections that take place in modern-day pig rearing, the fact that pork is
physiologically incompatible with the human body and is a variety of meat
harmful to human health has not altered.

“Surely
this Quran guides to the way that is straightest…” (17 :9)

(إن هذا
القرآن يهدي للتي هي أقوم) الإسراء 9

Fruit : is it before or after?

Doctors
advise that, prior to eating, man should start with the soft and easily
digestible food in order to prepare the oral glands secreting the peptic
juice (saliva amylase) or the glands in stomach and duodenal to start
functioning gradually in digesting food.Minutes later, man can start eating the main dish.

A slice of fruit or dates are cases in point of soft food.

The
Quranic statement mentions fruit in advance of meat, in a remarkable
reference to the previous meaning when addressing the state of believers
in paradise: “and such fruits as they
shall choose, and such flesh of fowl (chicken) as they desire…” (56: 21)

·Ablution
is not just cleaning the external organs several times a day before prayers.The psychological and spiritual impact felt
by the Moslem after ablution is more deeper than words can express,
particularly when perfecting ablution.Ablution plays an important role in the life of the Moslem, as it keeps
him always in a state of vitality, vigilance and fitness.The Prophet (PBUH) said; “He who performs ablution, and
perfects it, his sins would come out from his body, till they pass out from
under his nails.”

·The
process of washing the organs usually exposed to dust is no doubt of a great
significance to public health.These body
parts are exposed all day long to numerous numbers of microbes counted in
millions in every cubic centimeters of air.These microbes are in a constant offensive state against the human body
at the exposed areas of skin.In
ablution, microbes are taken by a surprise sweep from the surface of the skin,
specially with perfect massaging and enough pouring of water, as guided by the
Prophet (PBUH).Following such a process, no dirt or germs
are left on the body except what Allah decrees.

·Rinsing
the mouth.Modern science has proved
that rinsing the mouth protects the mouth and throat from inflammation and the
gums from suppuration (pyorrhea). It
also protects and cleans teeth by removing food remnants.

·Sniffing
the nose. Washing and sniffing the nose strongly helps keep the nostril
clean and free of inflammation and germs, thus reflecting positively on the
health status of the whole body.

·Washing
the face and the two hands.Washing the
face and the two hands up to the elbows is of a great benefit in removing dust
and microbes as well as sweat from the surface of the skin.This also cleans the skin from the fatty
substance secreted by skin glands, and which is usually a very suitable place
for the proliferation and sustenance of germs.

·Washing
the two feet.Washing feet with
massaging lead to a feeling of quietness and complacency that engulfs the
Moslem after ablution.

·Other
secrets.Scientific research has proved
that blood circulation in upper limbs from the hands to the forearms, and in the
lower limbs from the feet to the legs is weaker than it is in other organs,
being peripheral to the centre of regulating blood circulation, namely, the
heart.So washing these limbs with
massaging at every ablution help strengthen the blood circulation in these
parts, thus increasing the vitality and activity of the body.
Science
has proved the effect of sun rays, particularly the ultra violet ones, in
causing skin carcinoma.This effect
decreases very well with the consequence of ablution, as it constantly dampens
the surface of the skin with water, particularly the parts exposed to such
rays.This helps protect the surface and
internal layer cells of the skin from the harmful impact of rays.

Prayer:a
healing for the spirit and the body

Allah
says; “Seek help with patience and prayer: it is indeed hard, except to
those who are humble.” (2: 45)

(
واستعينوا بالصبر والصلاة وإنها لكبيرة إلا على الخاشعين ) البقرة 45

Health
benefits in prayers:

oPrayers
help release the burden of the soul and expand the chest.In prayers, which are the best deeds, the
heart gets connected to Allah the Almighty.The Prophet (PBUH)
said, as narrated by Ibn Majah and Al Hakim on the authority of Thawban; “Be
it known to you that your best deeds are prayers.”

o Prayers are surely a
healing for the soul.It is confirmed
that the Prophet, if afflicted with grief, would hurry to prayer:
“ prayer
forbids indecency and dishonour.Allah’s
remembrance is greater; and Allah knows the things you work.” (29: 45)

oPrayers
help adjust the ‘rhythm’ of the body.Modern scientific research proved that Moslems’ prayer timings
correspond with that of thephysiological activities of the body.Thus, prayers are considered as the orchestrator that adjusts the
‘rhythm’ of the whole body. In his book ‘Seeking cure from prayers’, Dr. Zaheer
Rabeh indicates that cortisone is the hormone of activity that starts to
increase acutely in the human body with the approach of dawn time, and is
associated with the rise in blood pressure.Man feels greatly active after dawn prayer between 6-9 a.m.Thus the time after prayer is considered the best time for hard work and
seeking livelihood.The Prophet Mohammad
(PBUH)was
quoted saying; “O Lord, give benediction to my umma
(nation) at the
early morning time.”Ozone, which
has an invigorating effect on the nervous system, and muscular and mental
activity, reaches the highest levels in air at such a time.

Contrary
to this is the forenoon time (Dhuha), in which secretion of cortisone
reach the minimum limits; leading man to feel exhausted with the stress of
work, and the need to have rest.This is
almost after 7 hours of early get-up.Here comes the time of noon (Zuhr) prayer, which gives complacency and
quietness to the exhausted heart and body, and following which man seeks to get
an hour of sleep that gives him rest and reinvigorates his activity, in what is
termed as Qailulah (nap) before (Asr) (afternoon) prayer.Such a short sleep was mentioned in the
Prophet’s saying; “Get help with Suhoor (meal before dawn time) for
fasting, and with Qailulah for Qiyam (night)prayer.” He also said; “Have Qailulah,
as satans do not have it.” It has
been proved that the human body at this period generally encounters a hard
time, where an increase occurs in an anesthetic chemical substance secreted by
the body that has the effect of tranquilizing, and incites man to sleep.The body, after 7 hours of early wake-up, is
at the lowest levels of concentration and activity.So if man ignores sleeping at that time, much
of his neuromuscular compatibility decreases all day long.

Then
comes the Asr (afternoon) Prayer to reinvigorate the body once again.Adrenalin then raises in the blood; causing
activity in the body functions particularly the cardiac one.Asr prayer has thus a great effect in
preparing the heart and the body to accept this sudden state of activity, which
can cause serious troubles to cardiac patients due to the sudden transfer of
the heart from the inert state to the active state. Allah says;
“Be you
watchful over the prayers, and the middle prayer, and do you stand obedient to
Allah.” (2: 238)

(حافظوا على الصلوات والصلاةالوسطى وقوموا لله قانتين ( البقرة
238

Most
of the Quran Commentators agreed that the middle prayer is Asr prayer. With the
discovery of the increase of Adrenalin hormone at this time, the reason behind
this Quranic remarkable command of the keep-up of Asr prayer becomes crystal
clear.Performing Asr prayer at
designated time, alongside with other extra prayers, reinvigorates the heart
gradually to function more effectively after an inert state.So the rest of bodily organs and senses are
in deep concentration in prayer, making it easy for the heart and the hormone
to adjust the normal rhythm of the body which reaches the climax at that
time.

Then
comes the Maghreb (sunset) prayer.In contraryto what happens early in the morning, Cortisone decreases and the
activity of the body starts to diminish.With the transfer from daylight into night darkness, melatonin
increasesencouraging relaxation and
sleep, and causing laziness to the body.Here prayer comes as a transitional station.

Prayer
of Isha (early night prayer) is the last station in the course of the day,
wherein the body is transferred from the state of activity and mobility to a
state of seeking sleep with the spread of darkness and the increase of
melatonin secretion.Therefore, it is
commendable to delay Isha prayer to the time before sleep so that all man’s
preoccupations are finalized, and sleep comes next.The regular secretion of melatonin is closely
related to the sexual and mental maturity, which is the consequence of
following a fixed programme and a way of life.Therefore, we find that adherence to perform prayers on time is the best
way that guarantees an integral compatibility with daily activities, thus
leading to highly efficient functions of human body systems.

oPrayer
is a prevention from varicose.Legs
varicose is a common dysfunction in the legs veins, which takes the shape of
big and zigzag veins filled with blood of a changed colour all along the lower
limbs.Dr. “Tawfiq Elwan”, a Professor
in Alexandria Faculty of Medicine (Egypt), indicated that with the meticulous
observation of prayer movements, it was found out that prayer is distinguished
with a wonderful measure of smoothness, harmony and coordination, represented
in standing, kneeling (Ruku’), prostration (Sujood)and sitting between every two prostrations.With a scientific study of the measure of
pressure exerted on the walls of the saphenous vein at the ankle joint, it was
found out that the great decrease in that pressure during kneeling reaches
almost the half.As for the state of
Sujood, the average pressure becomes very slight.Naturally, this decrease is a full rest to
that vein, which is greatly exhausted due to the severity of pressure all along
the periods of standing.The position of
Sujood helps the blood circulation work in the same direction of earth gravity,
as blood which always suffers the bitter creep from the feet soles to the
cardiac muscle, now pours smoothly and easily from top to bottom.This process reduces much of the vein
pressure over the feet dorsum around 80 times (from the state of standing to
the state of Sujood).Consequently, the
risks of having varicose, which rarely affects those performing prayers
regularly and properly, are diminished.

Varicose veins in both
legs

oPrayer for strengthening bones.Bones pass with two consecutive stages : the
stage of anabolism followed by the stage of catabolism and so on in a
continuous manner. In the phase of youth and growth, man’s anabolism increases,
so bones become longer and stronger.After the phase of maturity and with the advance of age, catabolism takes
the lead, with the amount of bone decreasing and becoming more fragile, and the
spine bows due to the vertebra’s collapse, shortness and weakness.The activity and the strength of bones are
the outcome of : i.Powers
of pressure and pulling exercised by the muscles and tendons, which sticks to
bones, during flexion and
extension.
ii.It
has been recently proved that an electric current with two different poles runs
inside the bones; affecting the distribution of cells functions such as
anabolism and catabolism cells.The
current also determines at large the aspects of these cells activities.The experiments proved that in case of
laziness and rest, the electric current is diminished, leading the bones to
lose the componential materials, thus they become thin and weak.Experiment also revealed that during travel
to space where gravity is totally absent, muscles become weak and bones become
thin due to the inability to resist the burden of the earth gravity.It is therefore deduced that complete rest
causes the bones to shrink, as the absence of movements activates catabolism
cells, and weakens anabolism cells, hence a reduction of the bony material
occurs.

·Prayer
is a regular simple exerciseat different times, and helps keep the viability
of the body specially the cardiac system and blood circulation.

·Prayer
is a psychological therapy that helps calm the soul and relieve all tension for
many reasons, of which the most significant is: man feels that all his
problems are very small in the face of the Greatness and Capability of the
Creator Who handles this large universe.The Moslem, after finishing his prayer, has thrown all he has of
problems and worries, as he has deputized the Merciful Lord to manage and
relieve him of such troubles.Prayers
help remove all sources of tension due to the constant change of
movements.It is known that such a
change leads to an important physiological relaxation, therefore, the Prophet
commanded that the Moslem when afflicted with a state pf anger, should
resort to prayers.It has been proved
that prayer have an immediate effect on the nervous system, as they calm
agitation and maintain balance. They are as well a successful treatment for insomnia resulting from the nervous
dysfunction.

Medical
benefits of fasting Ramadan

Fasting
Ramadan is an obedience to Allah the Almighty, Who said in His Honourable Book;
“O believers, prescribed for you is the fast, even as it was prescribed
for those that were before you- haply you will be Allah fearing.” (2:
183)

Fasting is a prescribed duty, and a
private relation between
man and his Lord, which Allah has guaranteed to reward for it.It was narrated in the Qudsi Hadith that
Allah says; “Every act of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting.It is meant (exclusively) for Me and I give
reward for it.”

In
1994, the first conference on health benefits of fasting Ramadan was held in Casablanca, Morocco.Around 50 research papers from all over the world incorporating the
health benefits of fasting Ramadan were discussed by Moslem and non-Moslem
researchers.

Of
the health benefits of fasting Ramadan are :

Giving rest to the digestive system.Ramadan is the period of rest for the
digestive system, which is responsible for the metabolism process of
food.Consequently, the liver also
takes rest as it is the main factory of food metabolism.To achieve this benefit, Moslems should
adhere to the tradition (sunnah) of the Prophet by abstaining from having
too much food after breakfast.The Prophet (PBUH) said; "The son-of-Adam never
fills a bowl worse than his belly. Some bites are enough for man to prop
his physique.Had he wished
otherwise, then one third for his food, and one third for his drink, and
one third for his breath."It is of benefit to the body that
the break of fasting starts with some dates (as indicated in the
Prophetic tradition).Dates are
rich in Glucose and Fructose, which have a great caloric benefit
specially for the brain, and are useful in raising the level of sugar
gradually in blood, thus reducing the feeling of hunger and the need for
large quantities of food.

Moderate loss of weight.During fasting, the consumption of sugars decreases, and so does
the level of sugar in blood.This
makes the body rely on providing the needed calories for metabolism by
burningsugar stored in the
body.Glycogen stored in the
liver, and fats in tissues are decomposed and transferred into calories
and energy needed by the body.This results in moderate shortage of body weight.Therefore, fasting is considered of
great value for overweight persons and stable non-insulin diabetes.

Decrease of cholesterol level in blood.Several studies proved that cholesterol
level in blood during fasting, as well as the rate of precipitating on
the walls of arteries have decreased.This in turn reduces the chances of cardiac and cerebrovascular
accidents, and prevents the raise of hypertension.Shortage of fats in blood helps reduce
stones of gall and choledocus.The
Prophet (PBUH)
said; “Fast! You will be healthy.”

Rest of renal system.Some
studies revealed that abstaining from drinking water for about 10-12
hours is not necessarily bad; it is rather useful in many cases.Concentration of liquids in the body
causes moderate dehydration that the body can tolerate, as there is a
sufficient liquid reserve, and as long as man has no complaint of renal
lithiasis, both kidneys get rest of the process of waste disposing.The prophetic tradition mandates that
Suhur (a meal before the dawn) be delayed and Fotoor (the breakfast meal)
be expedited, thus reducing the time period of dehydration as much as
possible.Shortage of liquids
leads in turn to moderate decrease of blood pressure that the normal man
can tolerate and be of use to those complaining of hypertension.

Educational and psychological benefits.Fasting Ramadan is useful as it has a
restraining power over the soul’s whimsies, and an urge to abandon bad
habits, specially when the smoker is obliged to abstain from smoking even
if for a temporary period, on the hope such abandon will be
permanent.This is also applied
to drinking too much coffee and tea.The psychological benefits are numerous.The fasting person feels complacent,
attains mental and psychological rest, refrains from all that disturbs
the integrity of his fasting, and maintains the proper behaviour
controls, that all reflect positively on the general community.The Prophet said; “Fasting is
restraining.When anyone of you is
fasting, he should refrain from obscene language or any acts of
ignorance.And if anyone slanders
him or quarrels with him, he should say; ‘I am fasting, I am
fasting.’”Several studies
revealed that crime rate in Islamic countries decreases during Ramadan .

Quran is a healing and a mercy !

Allah the Almighty said; "And We send down of the Quran, that which
is a healing and a mercy to the believers, and the unbelievers it causes not
except loss.” (17: 82)

The
results of researches conducted over a group of volunteers from USA who were subject to a recitation of the
Holy Quran were striking.A trace of a
tranquilizing effect was recorded at a whole rate of 97%.Although many of these volunteers do not know
Arabic, yet involuntary physiological changes that lednotably to alleviate the acuity of tension
they had before were observed in their nervous systems.Furthermore, an experiment of EEG during
Quran rehearsal revealed that while listening to Quran, the encephalic waves
moved from the fast pattern of vigilance (12-13) wave/ second to the slow pattern
(8-18) wave/ second; indicating the state of deep calmness.Non-Arabic speaking persons felt reassured,
quiet, and complacent during the process of listening to Quranic verses, in
spite of their inability to understand the meanings.This is one of the miracles of the Holy
Quran.The Prophet revealed that miracle
when saying;
“No people assembled in one ofthe houses of Allah (mosques), and recite and study the Book of Allah
(among themselves), except that tranquility would prevail over them, and mercy
would encompass them, and the angels would surround them, and Allah would make
a mention of them in the presence of those near Him.”

A healing from diseases:

It is commonly known that Quran removes the causes of
tension and cover the soul with tranquility and complacency.But was that effect of Quran limited to the
souls only?When Allah says;"And
We send down of the Quran, that which is a healing and a mercy to the
believers..” (17: 82),

(وننزل منالقرآن ما هو شفاء ورحمة للمؤمنيـن.)

Then
how could the Quran be a healing for the bodies?It is medically asserted that tension and
worries lead to a deficiency in the immunity of human body in the face of all
diseases.The more the psychological
and nervous condition of man is not stable, the more the chances to face the invasion of
diseases.Hence, the explanation becomes
crystal clear- the Quran is a healing for bodies as it is a healing for the
souls and spirits.The Quran regains the
balance of nervous and psychological systems for the believer who constantly
recites and listens to it, and contemplates its meaning, thus leading to increase his
bodily immunity and safeguard his internal defenses.Man becomes in constant safety against the
penetration of diseases.With the
Quranic prevailing luminous powers, all microbes and germs attacking the body
in consecutive waves are resisted.

Dr. Ahmed El Kadi conducted a research in USA
on three groups of Americans who do not speak or understand Arabic.He connected them to instruments for
measuring biomedical functions such as blood pressure, heart pulses, EEG,
myography, and sweat test.He recited
some Quranic verses for the first group, and ordinary sentences of everyday Arabic
for the second group while the third group was a control group resting in a
state of relaxation.He found that the
physiological changes for the first group listening to Quran recitation have
more significantly improved than the other two groups (These results were announced by the Islamic
Organization for Medical Science). Verily said the Almighty Allah; “If We had sent down the Quran upon a
mountain, you would have seen it humbled, split asunder out of the fear of
Allah.And those similitude- We strike
them for men; haply they will reflect.” (59: 21)

The Quran cannot be produced by any creature. It is
the word of the Almighty God, the Originator of everything and the One Who
encompasses everything with His knowledge. As how could any creature reveal
such scientific facts and signs, as indicated above in some Quranic verses, that
were impossible to be known with the level of knowledge at the time of
revelation? The Quran, with the description of all these scientific facts in
accurate terms that fit with the modern rules of science, affirms that this is
revealed by Allah. Man only unfolded these signs so many centuries after it had
been revealed by Allah, with the help of modern technology. The Quran is the
word of Allah Who has created everything and knows the slightest details of His
creation.

Who can inspire to the Prophet Mohammed, other than Allah, such scientific
truths in such a noble and well contrived language ?

Although they possessed and knew the tools of the
Arabic language, the unbelievers of Makkah were challenged to produce one verse
of such Quran. Yet, up to date and till doomsday the challenge still stands:“If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the
like of this Quran, they would never produce its like, not though they backed
one another.” (17:88)

Allah also
says in the Holy Quran; “If it had been from
other than Allah, surely they would have found in it much inconsistencies” (4:82)

"ولو
كان من عند غير الله لوجدوا فيه إختلافا كثيرا" (النساء :82)

With the passage of ages, every word of Quran still
reveals the divine and miraculous nature of this Holy Book. For the believers
of Quran, this is a message to hold fast to this divine book and receive it as
their only guide in this world and the Hereafter: “And this is a Book We have sent down and blesses, so
follow it and have fear of Allah so that hopefully you will gain mercy.”
(6:155).

For the unbelievers, it is a call to open their minds
and hearts to word of Allah, the Holy Quran, and contemplate and ponder the
last revelation to mankind. Yet, Allah remarks;
“Say, ‘The truth is from your Lord; so let whosoever wishes believe, and let
whosoever wishes disbelieve.” (18: 29)